Citizens Advice SORT Group

Analysis

Citizens Advice SORT Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in February 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08290395). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice SORT Group reported income of £3.3m and spending of £3.2m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £3.3m (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Citizens Advice SORT Group sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charitworth Limited (£3.3m), The Egerton Road Trust (£3.3m) and Yishaya Adler Memorial Fund (£3.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.6m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 102 people.